Weekend Sports Wrap
For a non-football (American football, that is) weekend, these past two days have had some great sports action. The Mets won yesterday 7-6 last night after a three-run homer be David Wright in the bottom of the eigth. The rest of the series was not as good. The Mets lost the first game of a doubleheader 3-2. Better was the long awaited debut of Mike Pelfrey on the mound. That game was won by an lopsided 17-3. Anyway, the Mets went .500 in the series and go into the All-Star break on a two-game winning streak.

Unfortunately, the All-Star Game, which looked like a matchup between the Mets and the Yankees/Red Sox last week, will not have Jose Reyes, Tom Glavine or Pedro Matrinez playing in it. David Wright will be in Home Run Derby, though.

In the other football game, Italy beat France in penalty kicks yesterday. Base10 has said before that this is a completely lame way to end a major sporting event, but at least we won't have to listen to the looney soccer fans for another four years.

Wimbledon concluded this weekend as well. In the men's final, Roger Federer beat Raphael Nadal and took his fourth Wimbledon title in a great match from what Base10 caught of it. On the women's side, Amelie Mauresmo won in a remarkable comeback against Justine Henin-Hardenne.

Finally, the flats are nearly over in the Tour de France. The field in contention for the overall winner is still completely up in the air. Today is a rest day, but then the riders go into the Pyrenees a little later in the week. Thursday's climb in particular looks scary hard. Of course, even this pales in comparison with stage 16 in the Alps. It is actually more interesting to watch without a clear front runner.
- posted by Base10 @ 11:47 AM